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yubsieWell, let's see... the graduation was long and hot. There were eight kids with 95%+ GPAs. When I graduated, no one had EVER gotten that high. Oddly though, there wasn't a whole lot of scholarship money for them. Though some of them were going to Queen's. :p There were some really obnoxious guys who kept screaming and I was ready to hurt. :p The speaker was someone from MY graduating class, which was really surprising.
All through the ceremony, there was this recurring theme of trying to encourage the kids to stay in Riverview, stay in New Brunswick. No one seemed willing to acknowledge that a fair number of these kids are intending to go into science, and there JUST ISN'T WORK for them here. I had a long "discussion" with my mother about this. She thinks that they want people to start up work for them. But you can't just START UP a chemical company, it takes billions! I'm not in a field where entrepeneuring is FEASIBLE. She got really annoyed when I added that I didn't want my kids to have to go through the NB education system. Even though the only selling point she could come up with was French Immersion, which is what people are constantly trying to destroy! Amusingly, my grandmother was siding with me and my sister on the whole idea that one size fits all education and social promotion are a BAD IDEA. :p
Yesterday Gwenna and I hit the mall. I picked up a pair of sandals, because the one I have right now doesn't fit properly and do horrible things to my poor toes. I picked up the new Arrogant Worms CD for my father, which is a highly amusing bit of music. It has Canadaman. :p I bought a really cool shirt, because it was funky and only ten dollars. I finally picked up Betrayal, which is much Allstony goodness. :D And I bought the fabric for my River costume, which is terribly exciting. The overdress is getting made out of drapery fabric, because it was the most affordable sheer fabric in the colour I need. We ran into Doug on the bus ride back, which was great fun. He and Sammy are coming over tomorrow, yay!
After supper, I went over to Shannon's and introduced her to Firefly. She is very much addicted now, to the point of us losing track of time. :p
My sister tried to wake me up with the puppy this morning, but Topaz is too well trained not to go into bedrooms. :p
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nukichan is evil and made me pick up the phone. I'm going over to her house this afternoon, so yay.
All through the ceremony, there was this recurring theme of trying to encourage the kids to stay in Riverview, stay in New Brunswick. No one seemed willing to acknowledge that a fair number of these kids are intending to go into science, and there JUST ISN'T WORK for them here. I had a long "discussion" with my mother about this. She thinks that they want people to start up work for them. But you can't just START UP a chemical company, it takes billions! I'm not in a field where entrepeneuring is FEASIBLE. She got really annoyed when I added that I didn't want my kids to have to go through the NB education system. Even though the only selling point she could come up with was French Immersion, which is what people are constantly trying to destroy! Amusingly, my grandmother was siding with me and my sister on the whole idea that one size fits all education and social promotion are a BAD IDEA. :p
Yesterday Gwenna and I hit the mall. I picked up a pair of sandals, because the one I have right now doesn't fit properly and do horrible things to my poor toes. I picked up the new Arrogant Worms CD for my father, which is a highly amusing bit of music. It has Canadaman. :p I bought a really cool shirt, because it was funky and only ten dollars. I finally picked up Betrayal, which is much Allstony goodness. :D And I bought the fabric for my River costume, which is terribly exciting. The overdress is getting made out of drapery fabric, because it was the most affordable sheer fabric in the colour I need. We ran into Doug on the bus ride back, which was great fun. He and Sammy are coming over tomorrow, yay!
After supper, I went over to Shannon's and introduced her to Firefly. She is very much addicted now, to the point of us losing track of time. :p
My sister tried to wake me up with the puppy this morning, but Topaz is too well trained not to go into bedrooms. :p
nukichan is evil and made me pick up the phone. I'm going over to her house this afternoon, so yay.
